The New Secretary (Historical Romance)
The year was 1960, a time filled with hope for a bright new future and the leaving behind of past sorrows that had nearly plunged the world into despair. It was a world for young people with bright faces and new ideas to come forward and seize the day for their own- and yet Muse A felt himself too old to get on board with the new way of things. He wasn’t an old man- most would barely considered him to have been middle aged- but the life he’d lived had made him feel a bit world weary and he struggled to adapt to the swiftly changing ways of the world around him. He had fought in the Second World War, and afterwards had resumed his studies and followed his love of history and art into a profession.
He had made a career for himself in travels to distant lands and digging up old treasures to be studied and displayed in some of the most prestigious museums and collections in the world. When this phase of his career had ended, he traveled the globe lecturing and teaching at various universities and centers of learning to share his wealth of wisdom on anthropology and archaeology. As the years passed this too seemed to grow a bit dull, and so after all the years of vagabond living he found himself in a more permanent situation in England. After traveling from Calcutta to Versailles, cloudy, rainy England didn’t seem so merry as it otherwise might have- but Muse A tried to be happy in the work he found as the director of a large museum. Here among the fossils and the books and the artwork he could study and teach to his heart’s content- but despite this he couldn’t help but feel that he was somewhat of a fossil himself. He felt older than his years, and since he had devoted himself entirely to his work he had never built much of a personal life.
Muse B was completely different, however. She was young- several years behind Muse A- and seeming just to have began her life. She was attending college, making friends, going out on the town, and generally be the very embodiment of the spirit of the 60s. As a student, she needed a job to support herself while he went through school. With the help of one of her teachers she gained an interview with director of a museum (Muse A) to be his personal Secretary.
Muse A wasn’t convinced he needed a secretary, but since Muse B’s teacher was an old friend he decided to be gracious and give her an interview. This is where our story begins!
(Hello! So this is just a little idea for a romance story I had in mind. Think burned out professor meets energetic woman that gives him new life. The themes are mainly romantic, historical, and angst! I’m a literate to advanced writer and ask you to be the same. I play Muse A.)